"It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment."
Commentary
Gill's Exposition
It is not good to accept the person of the wicked,.... For a judge to have respect to a wicked man in a cause before him, and to favour him,
because he is a rich man, or a relation, or he has received some kindness from him; none of these things should have any influence upon him to overthrow the righteous in judgment: though he may be a poor man and a stranger, and to whom the judge is under no private and personal obligation; yet justice ought to be done without any respect to persons; to do otherwise is not only not good, but very bad, very sinful and criminal; it is contrary to law and justice; it is doing injury to men, and is repugnant to the will of God, and offensive to him, Lev 19:15 .
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Commentary
Gill's Exposition
It is not good to accept the person of the wicked,.... For a judge to have respect to a wicked man in a cause before him, and to favour him,
because he is a rich man, or a relation, or he has received some kindness from him; none of these things should have any influence upon him to overthrow the righteous in judgment: though he may be a poor man and a stranger, and to whom the judge is under no private and personal obligation; yet justice ought to be done without any respect to persons; to do otherwise is not only not good, but very bad, very sinful and criminal; it is contrary to law and justice; it is doing injury to men, and is repugnant to the will of God, and offensive to him, Lev 19:15 .